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M 1 Stanley on his hia expedition expeditions into the interior After Alter leaving Uganda the tho Pres President will strike miles of swamps an and marshes of decayed vegetation vegetation vegetation tion which are almost impassable for while white menon menon men menon on foot Members of the party must be c carried on litters by the natives no pleasant pleasont experience for the travelers as as' as the carriers romer'S fall every few ew minutes in the swamp One of the obstacles the t-he rr President will have have havet t to contend with will bethe be bo bothe the scarcity of water and he will be forced to take sufficient to last his hig party many weeks weeds after leaving Nairobi and Lako JAko Victoria It is to be regretted that the President his has decided not to enter the the- tern territory tory especially especially es es- lIy the Congo State where Kin King Leopolds Leopold's dastardly Atrocities are ore so much in evidence The Congo is the trading in base the African jungle A visit to it would give Mr Ir Roosevelt on an insight into the enormous enormous products of the in- in Also the Congo with crocodiles nn and the two horned vipers al also o the thc python can be seen along the banks banks' The Thc C ngo oft offers of of- t fers ry a a. world of research to the naturalist as na the lagoons which open opera into the river arc are with V palms paling ferns climbers rubber vines nn and plants lilacs maca and orchids s of the greatest brilliancy bril bril- Haney of color G GAME lE OF A AFRICA It might be bethought thought that the tho game of Africa would be Lie Ie free to any who had bad the temerity toSo togo to togo go So into inlo the country and aud hunt for it hut but such sueh is not the case cage for fok in many parts the game is protected protected protected pro pro- by strict laws which makes it difficult and nud somewhat iome expensive to lull kill them In Jn many cases the licenses for brin pg down the big bib game cost several hundred dollars and ond even then the bag balf is limited and aDd other restrictions bi bia laid a about out the hunter with int interior lea AU-lea I 1 ra tIUI Aly ly Ji experience into the tho l to Iv as gained on a u recent trip tap study the ape att- att lI donated The rhe Zoological Society of Berlin for or the i c of paying the paying the expenses o of the monkey monley lau ian lan investigate in Professor lz to guage Accordingly the professor procured the and instruments for for receiving latest machines an The kinds of noises all sounds and recon recording in consist consisted of If food remainder er of tha of-tha tb tha equipment and a steel for six months arms ammunition cn cage e ten by tw twelve feet in iu size cameras etc 1 I y joined the C expedition After twenty one da days day of steaming the steamship steamship steam ship from r m Liverpool dropped anchor 13 milts up the Niger River where we procured pro pro- cured TOO carriers or Kroo boys as they are seventy five miles called to pack pack our our equipment of four into the heart beart of or the jungle a journey journer days owing to 10 the density of the undergrowth un encountered nn and the marshy swamps FIRST NIGHT IN THE fIlE CAGE Not until we had dispensed with our carriers and found foun ourselves far from frolD the civilized civilize world weird position safe for the did id wo vu realize our surrounded by im im- im- im but e night m iii ou our iron iron cage manse menso trees which shut out n nearly all light Screeching parrots and chattering monkeys added add- add td ed to the distant roar of lions an and other animals reminded ed ono of a n zoological garden Sleep was is-as out of the question We were bombarded with who were showers of cocoanuts by the monkeys holding a n council of war iu in the trees Jaguars Jaguara and leopards were prowling about eying us wi with h curio curiosity Suddenly we heard lou loud barking and growling above us W We lr discovered disco a hu huge e gorilla sorilla F 1 t 1 if A t i lj j a L I i. i l W j i PI UNG WOOD FOOD f l l rl to 1109 I td for its 3 Teeth h with his who wm WIL evidently holding conversation mate At tb that moment a bu huge c black lion made ma madea e a a 11 dash at the cage We both felt somewhat nervous ner T The o professor or lighted lighte a brilliant red lantern ball which had a n most startling effect and was c certainly inh one of the most sor gorgeous sights tights ima imaginable The illumination scared way away the hc larger luger animals on and u c. caused ed a panic among the monkeys and parrots in the the- trees i We Yo then la lay down in our hammocks s hoping to get bet a little rest when we wo sa saw a huge bue black blaek form on the top lop of the ca cage c Shine the alt el electric lamp shouted the professor sor or Doing so eo we were horrified by seeing a 11 huge about twenty five feet long gradually crawling inside our cage The prore professor or seized his revolver and poured four shots shot into the tho reptiles reptile's head The report of the gun un CAU caused pandemonium pan pan- pandemonium among the other animals Mosquitoes Io as large as flies flics with an occasional Tsetse fly lly kept both had double us bus busy notwithstanding we mosquito blowers The usual pre preventive lar tar rope was vas of no avail l A At la last bill t this light of day ilav began to make its welcome appearance appe and with it we were treated to a a. real jungle combat between between between be be- tween a gorilla and a a. baboon a sight I doubt ever witnessed Cd cd before b by any traveler or explorer er of the Dark Continent Continent- GORILLA AND BABOON OON Breaking of branches intermixed with loud barking grew STew nearer and nearer What can that 01 be ju ned d the pr r It must be an nn elephant I replied replie but the professor believed it was way natives We TO were bosh bob deceived as we wc espied a large gorilla standing erect erect and showing sho his teeth like a n bull dog snarling defiance to a l baboon that stood Q-Jin Q a tr tree c protecting her young oung With one wildspring wildspring wild spring the gorilla landed on the baboon Then commenced the fierce battle The fhe baboon received vc tho the gorilla by step tide p. p ping like a a. man and anti then planting her teeth in her assailants assailant's throat Over O they rolled together er clinched tearing chunks of flesh from rom l each other r Five times time they y broke away At t last the gorilla gorilla gorilla go go- rilla liLer literally disemboweled the baboon but not b before fore the baboon had severed erro the others other's wind windpipe pipe With one last bowl howl the baboon fell over o with the gorilla on top both dying in iii the heap and th the The professor or secure secured many ny pictures phonograph raph recorded the fight light After partaking of breakfast we decided to venture out of the thu cage to examine the bo bodies ies of the combatants What to do with the bo bodies ies was 18 the most s serious se serious se- se other animals rious riou question a as we knew that would bo VO attracted With great efforts Vin o owing to the we dragged ragged them Some some yards yard away aware WALTER ALTER HARRIS GREGORY |